33 1/3 - Lou Reed - Transformer Simone De Beauvoir from the ancient world to

from the ancient world to contemporary paganism

cinematic strings

Few understood the power of media exposure better than Jayne Mansfield and Anton LaVey

seldom touring and releasing very few records

Sensitively translated into English for the first time by Damion Searls

33 1/3 - Lou Reed - Transformer Simone De Beauvoir from the ancient world toTransformer, Lou Reed's most enduringly popular album, is described with varying labels: it's often called a glam rock album, a proto punk album, a commercial breakthrough for Lou Reed, and an album about being gay. And yet, it doesn't neatly fit into any of these descriptors. Buried underneath the radio friendly exterior lie coded confessions of the subversive, wounded intelligence that gives this album its staying power as a work of art. Here Lou